Visible infarction on computed tomography is an independent predictor of poor functional outcome after stroke, and not of haemorrhagic transformation

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 452-458

  Wardlaw, J M ^a   West, T M ^c   Sandercock, P A G ^a   Lewis, S C ^a   Mielke, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE;

EID: 0037381161     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.4.452     Document Type: Article

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